COLORADO SPRINGS — Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Carey told an afternoon news conference that a second body was found Friday in the rubble of a home at 2910 Rossmere St. destroyed by the Waldo Canyon Fire in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood of Colorado Springs.

At 8 p.m., a large number of evacuations were being lifted. Cedar Heights residents were told they can return at 9 p.m., although they remain on pre-evacuation alert. Residents of Glen Eyrie, Rockrimmon and much of the area east of Centennial was open immediately, officials announced, but are also under a pre-evacuation notice. No estimate was available on how many people were headed home.

The city also announced that a complete preliminary property assessment had been posted at www.springsgov.com.

U.S. 24 remains closed.

Colorado Springs officials also said Friday afternoon that bus tours on Sunday will take people whose homes burned to see their residences. Those people — estimated to be 4,000 — won't be able to get out and walk around, but the will be able to see, Steve Cox, assistant to the Colorado Springs mayor, told the news conference. Officials released a map and exact addresses online this evening.

He said there were no new numbers for burned homes and no change to the mandatory evacuation areas.

Containment of the fire moved up to 25 percent on Friday, said U.S. Forest Service supervisor Jeri Marr.

"We've still got a long way to go," Jerri Marr said. "But we're making progress."

Incident commander Rich Harvey said crews on Friday set back burns to work on the containment line, creating a column of smoke on the western side of the fire. He said firefighters held acreage the same. He said the cost of fighting the fire is now $6.2 million.

Ralph Moreman's home on Majestic Drive in the Mountain Shadows area of Colorado Springs was destroyed in the Waldo Canyon fire. Majestic Drive suffered some of the heaviest losses in the fire of any street in Mountain Shadows. (Courtesy of Ralph Moreman)

City officials announced Friday morning they will open a disaster recovery center Saturday at 105 N. Spruce to help people who have lost their homes and those still evacuated.

Residents of Cascade, Chipita Park, Green Mountain Falls, Crystola and parts of Woodland Park and northwest Colorado Springs are still under mandatory evacuations. The neighborhoods of Cedar Heights, Pinon Valley, Mountain Shadow, Perregrine, Rockrimmon and housing areas of the Air Force Academy are also evacuated.

At one point 32,000 people were evacuated; some neighborhoods were allowed to go home Thursday evening.

Friday morning Carey said that there are fewer than 10 people who haven't been accounted for from the evacuation area.

On Friday morning Douglas County lifted all of its pre-evacuation notices.

U.S. Highway 24 is closed between Cave of the Winds and the El Paso and Teller County line.

Homes destroyed in Waldo Canyon fire

Click on the orange areas and flame markers to see how many homes were destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire in areas of Colorado Springs. Camera icons provide links to before and after images of the area. This map is subject to change until confirmation by fire and government officials.

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